VIDEOS: Two men shot outside of Campbell Avenue convenience store

Members of the Troy Police Department begin their investigation into a shooting which seriously wounded two men outside of the Cumberland Farms store located at 505 Campbell Avenue Thursday evening. (J.S. Carras / The Record)

A Troy Police officer stands beside the taxicab in which a suspect may have been riding in when two men outside the main entrance to the Cumberland Farms store located at 505 Campbell Avenue in Troy were shot Thursday evening. (J.S. Carras / The Record)

TROY -- Two men were seriously wounded Thursday evening after a shooting which left shards of shattered glass and blood-stained clothing strewn across the parking lot of a convenience store on Campbell Avenue.

According to police, the shooting occurred around 7 p.m. when a gunman seated in a taxi fired at least five shots at two men who were standing by a parked silver SUV. Both men were hit and slumped to the ground just beyond rows of gas pumps outside the busy Cumberland Farms store.

Police say the gunmen appeared to be targeting their victims, both of whom were in serious condition at Albany Medical Center Hospital.

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Police said one of the victims underwent emergency surgery for multiple gunshot wounds to his torso.

The identities of the victims have not yet been released.

A man who was parking in front of the store said he heard shots, then saw a man fall across the hood of his car.

"All I know is I pulled up, a guy got shot and fell on my car," he said. "Now my car's being held as evidence."

The witness described the shooter as a black man, approximately 30 years old.

"The cab pulled behind us and the next thing I heard something that was like firecrackers," he said. "Then I saw some guy with a gun out and he was shooting."

Two men got out of the cab and ran down Campbell Avenue, one of them carrying a case of beer, he said.

Patrol units responded to the scene within minutes and sealed off the area as crowds began to gather beyond the yellow crime scene tape. Broken glass and bloody clothing items could be seen strewn across the parking lot as evidence collection units began sifting through the scene.

Troy Police Captain John Cooney described the scene as active.

"We have two victims," he said. "With multiple vehicles involved."

Cooney said there were no overt signs of a robbery.

"This incident occurred outside the store," he said. "Whether it was persons who were known to each other, or a dispute of some type, that's a long way off for detectives to figure out."

Police could be seen photographing a Black and White taxi parked with its doors open, the rear driver's side window shot out.

Detectives were interviewing the driver of the taxi along with several other witnesses.

Surveillance footage from multiple cameras was also being collected for review.

Just a day earlier, firefighters worked to recover the body of a man found lying face down in the Wynantskill Creek behind the store. Police eventually identified the victim as Matthew Campbell, of 117 Jefferson Street.